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Bristol Media Companies short-listed in Media Innovation Awards
Posted by Caroline | 29.02.08
Six Bristol-based media companies have been short-listed in the nominations for the 2008 Media Innovation Awards.
The awards received a record 96 entries from across the region – up 50 per cent on last year – and the judges have shortlisted 40 entries, six of which come from Bristol.
Entries were invited from new media companies across the whole of the South West, and were supported by the media cluster groups for the region including Bristol Media.
Karen Stockdale of the award organisers, Plymouth Media-Partnership, says she’s delighted at the quality and diversity of entries this year, “The judges really had their work cut out deciding which entries to shortlist.
“The quality of entries was very high and the fact that so many of the short-listed companies come from Bristol shows the high standard of media companies in this part of the region.”
The awards recognise the innovative use of screen-based media in the region, and members of the cluster groups from Cornwall through to Dorset and Gloucestershire were invited to enter the 15 categories. Bristol is represented in 4 of those in the shortlist.
The local companies nominated are:
Television: Available Light – Building Wonders for ITV West
Mobile: Mobile Pie in association with Hands On Mobile and Luke Bennett – Snap Happy and Junction YK for The Interactory for the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust
Multiplatform: Licorice Film in association with HP Labs, Watershed, University of the West of England, and Jonathan Williams and funded by Arts Council England and South West Screen – Meigeist and Available Light for Brunel’s Britain for Teachers TV and Grid Learning
Screen graphics: BDH for Seven Ages of Rock for BBC Television and BBC On line
The winners will be announced at a gala award ceremony in Plymouth on 14 March.
Tickets for the ceremony and dinner can now be booked online, for more information see www.mediainnovationawards.com
Media Sandbox Commissions announced
Posted by Caroline | 27.02.08
From Aardman to BDH, a host of award-winning media companies in the South West are investing in pervasive media, thanks to Media Sandbox*, a scheme to promote Research & Development in emerging areas of digital media.
Media Sandbox have now unveiled six projects which have been chosen to receive grants totalling more than £50,000 to develop groundbreaking ideas in pervasive media – an emerging field exploiting powerful new mobile devices, wireless networks and sensors which offers significant opportunities for new types of digital media content and services.
Media Sandbox was launched at the Watershed in November last year to encourage SMEs, entrepreneurs and big business to come together to drive projects combining emerging technology and real life.
Clare Reddington, Producer at iShed, who is running and jointly funding the project said, “The quality of the submitted project ideas was amazing, it was really quite difficult to select just six. It proves how vast the possibilities are for new technology and gives us a glimpse into how humans will use technology as part of their lives in the future.”
As technology and new media are no longer relegated to the confines of cinema, TV screens and computers, the Sandbox scheme was created to invest in projects that would push forward greater understanding and potential usage of next generation digital media.
After an initial launch event, applications were submitted for consideration and six projects were chosen to receive £9,000 each to develop their projects further. A final project will be selected in March to receive a further £10,000 to bring the project to fruition.
To see details of the commissions and find out more about the project and it’s aims go to www.mediasandbox.co.uk
Small Wonders Open Submission
Posted by Caroline | 25.02.08
Picture This is inviting proposals for the Small Wonders professional development scheme aimed at artists are interested in working with moving image for the first time, exploring new areas of film and video within their existing practice and making new small-scale moving image projects.
Small Wonders is a flexible scheme open to applicants from the South West region. Small Wonders offers artists and film makers the resources, support and mentoring necessary to develop and explore moving image technology. Picture This staff provide curatorial support and technical training, the artist will have access to production, post-production and exhibition facilities ranging from lighting and hi-definition cameras to Avid edit suites, DVD mastering technology and projectors, screens and play-back equipment. Picture This is also able to offer a residency studio or production space in the new flexible Atelier space.
The deadline for submissions is Monday 21 April 2008. The selectors will be Emily Wardill, artist, Paula Orrell, Curator Plymouth Arts Centre and Jo Lanyon, Director Picture This.
For further information and an application pack, please contact Lucy Badrocke on 0117 9257010 or email lucy@picture-this.org.uk.
Thinking Digital Conference
Posted by Caroline | 25.02.08
Some of the brightest thinkers in technology, new media and mobile will head to Newcastle Gateshead from around the world in May to discuss the ideas and technologies that are set to fundamentally alter the way people live, work and play.
The inaugural Thinking Digital conference will seek to answer some of the key questions facing high level executives in the fields of marketing, technology, mobile and media, such as: what are the next big changes we’ll see in the media? What will globalisation bring us next? Will mobile 2.0 ever show up? And is technology leading us down the path to utopia or to the extinction of the planet?
A strictly limited 400 seats are being released for the exclusive two-and-a-half day event, which will take place at the Sage Gateshead and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art on 21-23 May. At the conference, delegates will hear from an eclectic mix of speakers, including key players from some of the world’s leading agencies, social networks and media organisations, such as: Matt Locke, commissioning editor for education and new media at Channel 4, Richard Firminger, regional sales director, northern Europe, for Yahoo! Search Marketing and Sean Phelan, the founder of Multimap, which was recently bought by Microsoft in a deal understood to be worth around $50m.
For more information on the conference including a full list of keynote speakers, download the attached pdf document or visit www.thinkingdigital.co.uk
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Inside Out West returns
Posted by Caroline | 25.02.08
The BBC’s regional current affairs series Inside Out West returns to BBC1 with a brand new ten part series. The programme brief is “surprising real-life stories from close to home” and there are some interesting stories lined up. Have you ever wondered what happened to Katie Hopkins from The Apprentice? Find out how she turned around the fortunes of a Post Office in rural Devon. And discover how an underground movement in Bristol is on a mission to create the world’s largest outdoor gallery. For a preview of the future programmes which can be seen on Fridays at 7.30pm, visit www.bbc.co.uk/insideout
Access to Media Finance Conference - Can you afford to miss it?
Posted by Caroline | 25.02.08
A one day conference presented by South West Screen, where digital media entrepreneurs and investors come together.
We all know today’s digital media success stories: Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace are amongst the most recognisable brands in the world. So how do you transform your brilliant digital idea into a phenomenal commercial success?
Bringing together digital media entrepreneurs and investors, this event will present an expert view of the investment landscape and get behind some of the success stories. If you’re a digital media entrepreneur you will receive an invaluable insight into how to make your idea ready for investment. If you’re an investor, this is a chance to meet the people whose ideas could be the next big thing and assess the shape of the market and its opportunities.
The event takes place on Thursday 6th March and runs from 0930 – 1730 at the Watershed. More information is available in the attached document or you can visit www.swscreen.co.uk/News/240.aspx
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